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Newspaper
Brownfield News
Location
Brownfield, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1966
Page
2
Bambi Ellis presents a 1919 oil painting Portrait of an Old Spanish Man to the West Texas Museum in Lubbock. The work measures 20 by 24 inches and comes from Fre mont Ellis, a Los Cinco Pintores founder living in Santa Fe.
Marriage license notes and new vehicle listings show local names and Brownfield dealers. Car brands include Chevrolet Soderwoods Foods Inc Cadillac Abbott and Bowen Pontiac Chrysler Oldsmobile GMC and more.
World War One veterans will meet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the Boy Scout Hut on South. Quartermaster Tucker urges all WWI veterans to attend, whether Barracks 2495 members or visitors. District Commander of Lubbock will make his official visit, with a covered dish supper before the meeting.
The Texas Safety Association issues an Accidental Death Alert for the Christmas period urging motorists to respect fellow drivers. The three day alert runs 6 p.m. Friday December 23 to 11 59 p.m. Monday December 26, aligning with DPS Operation Deathwatch and extending to home fires falls and hunting accidents.
H. B. Virgil Crawford has been elected to charter membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation, announced by J.A. Gooch of Fort Worth, chairman. The Fellows support the Foundation and the State Bar of Texas in continuing legal education, research, and public activities.
The past week underscored ongoing conservation needs in Terry County. Winds damaged some fields especially fallowed and sandy cotton areas, while stalked cotton and sorghum or small grain fared better. New plans approved for T A Bell and Charles Rice include converting cropland to grass, erosion protective terraces, and tailored soil conservation strategies by the Soil Conservation Service.
The smallest gift can look impressive with a festive wrap. Use shelf paper scraps, wallpaper pieces, or fabric ends. Tie with fabric strips or bright yarns and present gifts in unusual containers like flower pots, baskets, decorated cereal boxes, coffee cans, or paper plates with seals.
Grandview captured first in Green Hand Chapter Conducting with White Deer second and Needville third among over 500 Texas FFA members at Sam Houston College Huntsville. Steve Holland Randy Roden Steve Brewer Glenn Russell Gary Pinkerton Glenn Parr Jody Gatton Jimmy Swinford with advisor Herbert Lubke led the Green Hand team as sixty teams from ten districts competed in Green Hand and Chapter Farmer divisions with contests on Chapter Conducting Farm Skill Demonstration FFA Quiz and Farm Radio.
The State FFA Leadership Contest awarded top banners to six contests with Sam Houston Collegiate FFA sponsoring and presenting certificates to all sixty teams. Top Farm Radio were Mason Willis Friona and Fores with David Ray Willmann Joe David Geisweidt and advisor Jay Marek. Chapter Farmer Team Conducting banners went to Seymour Mexia Round Rock Roby with Scotty Griffin Sam Boone Harry Kuehler Danny Beck David Hajek Mike Stavinoha Lonnie Hitchcock Bob Young and advisors Barrow and Priddy.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Pamela Price 84 were held in Brownfield with Pastor Tom Wallace officiating. She died at Brownfield General Hospital after a long illness. Survivors include three sons, three daughters, a step son, a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
PFC Gail Hargrove of the United States Army was flown to Brooks General Hospital in San Antonio after stepping on a land mine in Vietnam. He suffered severe leg lacerations and a broken right leg requiring skin grafting before casting. his wife Carolyn Treadwell plans to move to San Antonio after Christmas while he recovers.
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